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> Don't blame a company, or the service they provide

Facebook is making billions by exploiting exactly that kind of behavior. The more one-sided and scandalous a headline is, the more clicks it gets. This leads to being seen by more poeple.

Also, showing people only what they want to see leads to echo chambers and is ditremental to society as those groups tend to develop into extremes that refuse to accept anything outside of their bubble.

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> Also, showing people only what they want to see leads to echo chambers

Not sure I agree with this. The internet made it possbile for the whole world to see information coming from all kinds of sources. Before, in history, you had to rely on local news/newspapers, or even less information. Much more bubbly than this modern age.

Again: I think the reason those bubbles appear have to do with society and the urge to belong to a group, Facebook is not to blame here. Facebook reflects people and society, not the other way around.

I don't know about the US but at least in Germany newspapers and even tabloids have certain self-imposed rules regarding fact checking and privacy. All those rules are out of the window on Facebook and other social media and because everybody is anonymous (yes, even Facebook), nobody can be held accountable.

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